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IDC MarketScape | Worldwide Sustainable Cloud Datacenter 2025 Vendor Assessment

AWS Named a Leader in 2025 IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Sustainable Cloud Datacenter Vendor Assessment

As organizations accelerate their cloud adoption and AI initiatives, choosing the right cloud provider that offers sustainable infrastructure is critical for business success. According to IDC, sustainable cloud data centers have the means to address ever-growing demand for compute power compounded by compute-intensive AI workloads.

The IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Sustainable Cloud Datacenter 2025 Vendor Assessment evaluates sustainable cloud data center providers and provides essential insights for technology decision-makers evaluating cloud providers to help achieve their sustainability goals. The excerpt notes that, “According to IDC's research survey, AWS reports a strong 1.15 average PUE, exceeding the industry average of 1.57. AWS' best-performing region had a PUE of 1.04. This strong KPI demonstrates the firm's activities toward achieving energy-efficient data centers.” The excerpt went on to say, “Consider Amazon Web Services if you are concerned about carbon footprint and sustainability, as AWS can provide better energy and water efficiency than on-premises data centers.”

Read the excerpt to:

  • Understand IDC MarketScape’s perspective on the foundational principles for sustainable data centers
  • Dive into IDC MarketScape’s analysis of AWS and learn AWS was recognized as a Leader
  • Assess vendor landscape and capabilities to meet your current and future sustainability requirements

Download the complimentary IDC MarketScape excerpt to understand AWS's positioning and learn why AWS was named as a Leader in Sustainable Cloud Data Centers.

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IDC MarketScape vendor analysis model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each supplier’s position within a given market. The Capabilities score measures supplier product, go-to-market and business execution in the short-term. The Strategy score measures alignment of supplier strategies with customer requirements in a 3-5-year timeframe. Supplier market share is represented by the size of the icons.

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This graphic was published by IDC as part of a larger research document and should be evaluated in the context of the entire document. The IDC document is available upon request from AWS.  

IDC MarketScape | Worldwide Sustainable Cloud Datacenter 2025 Vendor  Assessment, July 2025, IDC #EUR253567625e. IDC and IDC Research are registered trademarks of IDC, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the U.S. and internationally and is used herein with permission. All rights reserved. IDC does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in its research publications, and does not advise technology users to select only those vendors with the highest ratings. IDC research publications consist of the opinions of IDC's research organization and should not be construed as statements of fact. IDC disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, with respect to this research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose.